Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
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was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an attorney's firm
I cleaned the windows and
I swept the floor
He polished up that handle so carefully
As office boy I made such a
mark
That they gave me the post
of a junior clerk.
I served the writs with a smile so bland
a hand so free,
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of the Queen's Navy.
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In serving Ritz I made
such a name
That an articled clerk I soon became.
I wore clean collars and a brand
new suit
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For the pass examination at the Institute.
For the pass -examination
of the institute.
did so well for me,
That pass -examination did so well for me,
Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip
That they took me into the partnership,
And that junior partnership, I wean,
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Was the only ship I ever had seen.
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Was the only ship he ever had seen.
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of the Queen's Navy.
I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket -burrow into Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
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I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
He thought so little, they rewarded him
Now, landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered
to an office stool,
and never go to sea,
Stick close to your desks
and never go to sea,
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And you all may be rulers
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of the Queen's Navy.
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...will I hold that on the seas,
the expression, if you please,
a particularly gentlemanly
tone implants.
And so do his sisters
and his cousins
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb F Eb C
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